Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1887-07-07
NEWSY NOTES.

Isaac warner OF LouuOuil 10 ueau, -.
Shenandoah's snake crop this year is very
promising.
VIM. X. Wan !crbilt has gone Watching
round the world
Walter L. Terrell young Baltimorean,
suicided in \. Y.
A Mr.. Harold If Baltimore died at Key
West of yellow ever.
Tie business art of Pullman, Washing
ton Territory, is burned.
Bishop Shorter of the African NJ. E.
Church, is dead aged 20.
No rain in Illinois and Wisconsin for 3
months. Vegetation killed.
The Talbot county Md paper mill
works near Easton are burned.
Lewis Lambert an Army deserter, OF
Richmond, was shot at Charleston recently
Tolliyer Bell of Staunton was killed at
Fire Creek, this State by blast explosion.
Elizabethtown, Ky, and West Chester
town, n. H., had big business fires last
week.
EARTHQUAKE in New England last Thurs
day and in Guayquil, Mexico, yesterday
week.
Lee Camp at Richmond, entertained the
Lynn and Salem Mass Grand Army Posts
July 1.
Ex-Gov. Morrill,, of Maine, and the wife
of Hamilton Fish, ex-Secretary OF state,
are dead
High license struck Minnesota July 1st
The minimum for selling liquor is now 5000
and $1,000.
The widow of Gen Pickett and her son
Geo. went to Gettysburg last Saturday with
the Survivors.
The accounts of Levi Bacon, deceased, IL
nancial clerk Patent Office are found to
be $4,000 short.
There were 52l cases diptheria and ZIG
deaths therefrom in New York last month.
Chiefly children.
Mr.. Garrett has paid for the b. & 0. stock
held by Johns Hopkins University several
millions of dollars.
Malone was robbed of 5000 cash and
several boxes of cigars at Petersburg. But
Ter, his son, lost $50.
Daniel Mcfarland, who killed Albert
Richardson in New York II years ago, has
gone to the poor house.
The Navy Department clerks and their
families were guests at Secretary Whitney 5
country place on the 4th.
crazy Swede named Krebs from Spring
field, H., is jailed at Washington. Threat
ened to kill the President.
Twelve people in Philadelphia have been
poisoned by eating buns or sweet bread
dyed with chrome yellow.
Nearly sixteen and half millions were
withdrawn from circulation last month and
added to the Treasury surplus.
Two hundred and twelve thousand six
hundred and ffty-fye immigrants arrived
at New York in the past months.
For the first half 1887 the failures in the
United States are 1912, as compared with
), l56 for the same period last year.
Galts flour warehouse near the B. & o.
station in Washington is burned. Cause:
boy and a cigarette. Loss: $4,000.
Mrs. Margaret Larkins, an old lady, died
in Baltimore last week from the effects OF
clubbing received from unknown men.
West Virginia had 81, 96l 600 invested in
dustrially for the first six months of this
year against s., l23,S 500 for the same period
in 1856
Mark Twain" umpired a ball game at
Elmira, n Y, last week between the Alerts
and Unions-local clubs organized in
lS66-67.
Mrs Langtry has taken up 6-months
residence in Frisco so as to get divorce.
She has filed her first papers for American
citizenship.
Maryland contributed ST., 297 900 and
Virginia Sl0,3S9,0O0 to the capital invested
in Southern enterprises during the first half
of this year
Up to May 81 the receipts of Revenue
Commissioner Miller's bureau were one and
a half million larger than in the same pc
riod last year
Richard Vaux of Philadelphia is the
only living American who saw Queen Vic
CEOWHcu. Ilc Ndo AliSu Aloo' ANS"'iO4'
Secretary at London.
R. w. Baker of Winchester, Carter S.
Cole of Culpepper and Jonah Nichols of
Snickersyille graduated as NJ. DIS at the
University of Virginia.
Jno. J. Ross, colored, who killed Emily
Brown, an invalid, in Baltimore, so as to
sell the body to the Nd. Univ. for desec-
ton has been sentenced to hang.
Secretary Bayard's sister, Mrs. Mable
Kane. widow of the Arctic explorers DR..
Kanes) brother, was married last week to
Levi c. Bird Delaware lawyer.
DR.. cambridge and family of Cincinnati,
are summering at the White Sulphur. The
Doctors wife was the sister of Hon. Geo.
II. Pendleton, Minister to Berlin.
Jake Sharp, who bribed the n. Y alder
men in 81 to give him the Broadway r. r.
franchise, has been found guilty. Jake is
40 Just now he feels awfully fiat.
Keutucky's "King of the running turf,
Ten Brock, is dead aged 10 years. His l,
aud 4-mile records were never broken.
His last race was at Louisville in May rs.
Wilbur Bowman and Jacob II. Miller of
Shenandoah county were accidentally kill
ed reccntly-the one by 4 fall from his
horse, the other by a tumble off his hay
NOW.